To the faithful protectress of the Spanish nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829] Reference
She is the protectress and she is the giver of good birth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
My darling dog, Giallo, will find a fond protectress in. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
She attempted to relate what she had heard to her good friend and protectress. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Hotel] Reference
She was now the protectress and the consoler of a man she admired and revered. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
“She was my protectress,” came the reply, in the mincing tones of a homosexual. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Montmartre]
Madame de Pompadour, the protectress of Quesnay, was Voltaire's first friend at court. From Wordnik.com. [Voltaire] Reference
My protectress soon returned with a small bowl of sago, a small porringer of sour milk. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Oliver Goldsmith] Reference
The Prince and his companion, therefore, determined immediately to join their protectress. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
A few of the peas flew by chance, or otherwise, in the direction of the protectress, herself. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
To hear her speak of you, her protectress, her mother, would bring tears to the eyes of ogres. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
“It can only be to restore it to my kind protectress, who now holds it,” said young Avenel. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
She was properly the divinity of shepherds, and the tutelar deity and protectress of their flocks. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Passionate at seeing frustrated their designs to destroy the deified protectress of the Christians. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
She had apparently a vague idea that he had been unkind to her protectress, and that he was an enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Greenmantle was dying and often in great pain, but he struggled to meet the demands of his protectress. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
She was the protectress of young married people and infants, and so was worshipped especially by women. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
'Ah! my sweet protectress!' cried she, throwing her arms about her neck, 'what am I not destined to owe you?. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Before leaving he ascended the Capitol and dedicated a little image of Minerva, whom he styled "protectress.". From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44).] Reference
And now, her real protectress being removed, the discords of life broke in upon her, and asserted themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference
Champney was not minded to administer this well-deserved chastisement in the presence of the dog's protectress. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
He'd absolutely fought his way clear — and thanks to the zeal of my protectress I was stuck in the wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
How the scene was to end with me, I knew not; though the jovial visage of my protectress showed me that I was secure. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844] Reference
Emily, though sorry to leave her protectress, was drawn by the irresistible magnetism of affection to Cottage Island. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
He had lost the protectress of his youth, and, in the same day, he had recovered the guide and guardian of his childhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
She was worshipped in Rome under various titles, most of which point to her vocation as the protectress of married women. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
She was the protectress of those who sailed the seas, and the care of children as they came into the world was also hers. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Nothing could be heard of them, so Catharine left her native place with her kind friend and protectress, the sutler's wife. From Wordnik.com. [Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories] Reference
Friday was the day of Freya, "The Beloved," gentle protectress, and most generous giver of all joys, delights, and pleasures. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Muscovite, thus rescued from an untimely death, grew to love her protectress with all the strength of her affectionate nature. From Wordnik.com. [Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories] Reference
Madame, I pray you to be the protectress of this work now launched upon our literary ocean; and may the imperial name which the. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Countess of Mansfeld (the Countess Dorothea, widow of Count Ernest, born Countess of Solms), is thought to be the protectress of the. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Rudolph's sad countenance soon attracted the notice of his kind protectress, who eagerly asked what she could do to promote his happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
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